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An increasing number of families of people with Alzheimer’s disease are finding it difficult to get help from the State and are turning to a local charity for assistance.

Dep Paul Connaughton has welcomed the announcement that €150,000 is to be provided in lottery funding for the construction of an extension to the Western Alzheimer’s Home in Athenry.

The proposed 22-bed unit for Alzheimer disease patients - to be built on HSE land at Merlin Park - will be granted a 25 year lease with an option to renew, it was confirmed this week.

Mick Flannery will play at St John’s Church, Kilkenny, as part of the ReVoiced tour on November 24, accompanied by Lisa O Neill, and The Man Whom.

John Grant of Western Alzheimers, Ballindine will officially launch Farewell Philadelphia by Nancy Carney on Friday November 11 in The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar at 7.30pm.

If you have been seeing the odd Stetson in town, paired with shin-high cowboy boots, there is no need to fret — you are not lost in an old Western movie — you are about to witness one of the best music country/folk, rhythm and blues festivals in the country, and it’s all happening in the Marble City over the long weekend.

JOHN GRANT’S music, and by extension himself, is composed of many layers which only reveal themselves after several careful listens. Indeed the best songs are always like this, even those which on the surface appear very immediate.

Denver-born solo artist and former lead vocalist with The Czars, John Grant will be performing at the Watergate Theatre Sunday May 1 at 8pm.

An information evening on dementia will be held at the Menlo Park Hotel tonight (Thursday) at 7.30pm.

A west of Ireland charity which provides care and support to families affected by Alzheimer’s disease aims to raise €200,000 from its annual fundraiser on April 1.